Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding she is providing for the erection of barriers to protect buildings and other places where people congregate in cities.

For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability.

Overall this Government has protected counter-terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies. The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.

Within the contest strategy one of the main pillars is to protect and prepare the country for an attack when it happens. Bespoke advice and guidance on protective security is provided to businesses and local authorities responsible for crowded places by specialist Counter-Terrorism Security Advisors (CTSAs) who operate in every police region. All police forces also have access to the National Barrier Asset, which is made up of a range of temporary Hostile Vehicle Mitigation equipment, security fences and gates that enable temporary physical protection of sites.